Kona Solid blog hop

Hello, hello Everyone!

Thank you so much for stopping by. If you're new here, I hope you like what you see and come back :)

A big thank you to Samm for keeping these great blog hops going. And to Carol, our wonderful cheerleader this go around.

I had this beautiful FQ bundle sitting in my stash, just waiting for the right project to come along.

I thought something radiating...maybe stars of some sort. So I started searching around the web for inspiration and came across this adorable  starburst mini quilt from Canoe Ridge Creations. And thats when inspiration struck!

I wanted to use this star pattern, but expand it and make it like it was radiating outwards. I thought it would be great if I could use my FQ bundle, and have the colors gradient outward also, along with a few other colors.

So I got out my paper and pencils, then went to my EQ program and I came up with this.

By this time it was the middle of December, and I was busy making Christmas gifts. There was no way I was going to get this pretty quilt made.

So I scaled it down and used the colors that I had in my stash, and came up with this little wall hanging. It's 32"x32".

 I knew that my dh would really like it, as he loves the bright lime green and the orange. So I gave it to him for Christmas :)

I had the perfect backing in my stash too.

I used my walking foot to do some straight line quilting on most of the quilt.

But then I put on my darning foot and did a bit of free motion quilting.

My first time doing some stippling.

And yes, I DO plan on making a full sized quilt like the one I drafted sometime this year :) I'll be sure to show it to you when I do.

Thanks again for stopping by! Don't forget to look at all the beautiful blog hop stops. Here are the Ladies who are sharing my day.

January 9

Ridge Top Quilts

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

A Stitch In Time

Freemotion by the River

                                                                     Everyone Deserves A Quilt



 

Christmas quilting

Hello Everyone,

Are you ready? Just a week to go. My 9yr old is bouncing off the walls. We have some decorations up. We have our tree picked out (we'll be cutting it down off our own place), but wont cut it and put it up till this weekend. I have a feeling my toddler will be a big nuisance with it. He loves the lights and pretty colored balls.

I have got some of my Christmas sewing done. Here's just a small snippet of a picture.

 

Here's something else I've been working on. I wont be able to show you the finished product till January though. It's my project for the Kona solids hop.

The picture isn't true to the colors. They are rich, vibrant purples and bright, almost neon orange and lime green.

Boxes are coming in by mail and we have shopping to do on Friday. Getting down to the wire.

Hope you are all enjoying the Christmas season.

ALOYF November goal.... FINISHED!

And just under the wire too ;)

Hello Everyone! Yah, Jeds quilt is finally done. Yesterday, I was saying that I didn't have any fabrics for the binding. Well, I looked again, and decided that since next week we are getting our first storm of the season, it's going to get in the 20s over night with snow!!, that Jed needed his new quilt.

I'm so glad I decided to go with this binding. I love it!

It compliments the quilt perfectly  I think.

I love that gray fabric in the middle. It's from V&Co's simply color line.

And here's the back. I'll use the hexagon as a label.

And one more.

I have a lot more to say about this quilt. But for now, I have to run... and get this posted. Here is my Nov goal post.





Have a great day!

For the Boys!

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to those of you coming over from Samms wonderful blog hops. A big thank you to Samm and our great hostess, Amy , for another great blog hop.

I have three boys, and have had many boy fabrics come and go thru the house. Lots of vehicles and machines. As my oldest and youngest sons love them.

But my middle boy is an animal lover. And his favorite animal is a Dinosaur... of course! They were big, and powerful and LOUD and ferocious.

Carson is 9, and hasn't had a quilt made for him since he was a baby. So it was time.

When I asked him if he would like some of the great robot fabrics in his quilt, he told me no,it had to be dinosaurs, and 'real' looking ones at that. No cute, frilly ones ;) LOL

There isn't a whole lot of 'real' looking dinosaur fabric out there. But I did find a few. Mostly these 'tossed' dino's, which makes it a bit hard to come up with a pattern for them. As they are hard to fussy cut and I don't do applique very often.

I used up quite a few pages of paper, trying to find the right design to show case the tossed dino's, along with this repeating panel.

My best Friend Carol suggested that I make the blocks crooked, so it looks like they've been thrown down. Perfect! It was just the idea I needed. As I had 3 different size blocks I was working with.

I also used some of this beautiful Kona solids jelly roll, to brighten things up. Along with a Shadowland piece from Kona Bay. I thought it was perfect for dino's. And another piece of Kona solid.

Here's Pine, our barn cat, following along on my photo shoot.

The quilt is a bit bigger than Carson, so I'm sure he'll outgrow it within a few years. 

I had fun with the borders. I even mitered them.

This quilt is waiting in line.

It will be next, after I finish my First boys quilt. It's about halfway done, you can read more about it here, and here.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Don't forget to see all the other great projects on the blog hop. Here's who I am sharing my day with:

Amy's Crafty Shenanigans

Ridge Top Quilts

Creatin' in the Sticks

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Meadowbrook

Malinis Quilts

Just Let Me Quilt

                                                            Kris Loves Fabric





 Thanks for stopping by.

Dorian

Nov goal setting...ALYOF

Hello, hello,

November already! Are you getting your Christmas gifts made? Sigh~ I haven't even started.

My November goal is easy though, finish J's quilt! I hear we are in for a rough winter, and I want to get his quilt done so he can use it.

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Oct goal completed!

Hello Folks,

Can you believe it's the end of Oct already??! I can't. It's just amazing how quickly the time is going.

On my goal setting post the beginning of Oct, I said that I wanted to get at least half way thru the quilting on J's quilt.

I am almost done with the straight line quilting. I just have one hexagon row to go.

And one day when I wanted to do something other than straight line quilting, I started on the FMQing.

I'm doing these connecting boxes in the background pieces.

A star in the hexagons. I'm not sure what I am doing in the middle of the triangles just yet.

But I think I've certainly hit the halfway mark :)

 So next month I really want to get this finished up. It's starting to get quite chilly at nights.

Thanks Shanna and Melissa!

Mid month check in...ALOYF

Hello Everyone,

Such beautiful weather we are having. The sky is such a gorgeous blue. The black oaks with yellow leaves looks so lovely against it (the sky that is).

I'm moving right along on Jeds quilt. I have one hexagon row and one triangle row straight lined quilted. I'm stitching in the ditch, then ones in between.

When I have all the straight line quilting done, I'll go back and do some FMQing in the middle of the hexagons and triangles, and in the background.

Here's a peak at the back, it's looking good!

Click on the pictures and you can see the quilting lines a bit better.

Have a great day.

Linking up with Shanna and Melissa for a mid-month check in.